Pennsylvania · Census place 4240960

Lake City, Pennsylvania

Lake City is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,866 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 333rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,866
#333 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-65 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
1,592 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Lake City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Lake City population, 2020 to 2024

Lake City lost 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,935. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake City covers 1.80 square miles of land, for 1,592 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Lake City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake City is in

All of Lake City's residents live in Erie County, which had 267,750 residents in 2024. Lake City holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16423. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lake City is

The Census internal point of Lake City is at 42.017700, -80.346300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 217.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Girard, PA (2,941 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 78.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.017700, -80.346300
DMS
42°01'3.72"N 80°20'46.68"W
UTM
17N 554123.0E 4651948.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JX2M93+3F

Daylight in Lake City

At 42.02° N, Lake City gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Girard, 1.7 miles away, with 2,941 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake City, PA?

2,866 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 65 (2.2%) from 2,931 in July 2020.

What county is Lake City in?

Erie County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lake City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16423.

How far is Lake City from Harrisburg?

217.1 miles (349.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Lake City.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake City?

Girard, PA, with 2,941 residents, 1.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.